# Incident 19970720026319I: Bbavia 7AC, Glens Falls, NY, July 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1997, 15:30 local time
- Place: Glens Falls, NY
- Airport: Warren County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3112° N, 73.6453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Glens Falls, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3112&lon=-73.6453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84741, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84741) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 222 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970720026319I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: DONALD C. LATTERELL WAS HAND PROP STARTING ARONCA CHAMP N84714 AND DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS FLOODED. MR. LATTERELL WENT TO THE COCKPIT, OPENED THE THROTTLE AND TURNED THE IGNITION SWITCH OFF. AFTER PULLING THE ENGINE THROUGH 16 BLADES, MR. LATTERELL WENT BACK TO THE COCKPIT AND TURNED THE IGNITION ON WHILE LEAVING THE THROTTLE FULL OPEN. N84714 STARTED ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT AND WENT TO FULL POWER. WHILE MR. LATTERELL WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE THROTTLE, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED AND TAXIED UNDER ITS OWN POWER INTO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT BE-24 N60021. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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